Morphometric variability of minicolumns in the striate cortex of Homo sapiens, Macaca mulatta, and Pan troglodytes

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 214, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 226-234

  Casanova, Manuel F ^a   Trippe II, Juan ^a   Tillquist, Christopher ^a   Switala, Andrew E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Human; Macaque; Minicolumn; Primate; Striate cortex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EPIGENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; INFANT; MACACA; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRIATE CORTEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MACACA MULATTA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHOTOGRAPHY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING; VISUAL CORTEX;

HOMO SAPIENS; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; MAMMALIA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 59149087530     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2008.01027.x     Document Type: Article

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